- Plum Creek Kennel Club

Juniors are important to Plum Creek Kennel Club

Plum Creek wants to encourage all juniors at our shows, in our club and within the fancy, because we know juniors are important to the sport of purebred dogs.

For anyone visiting our website that does not know about Junior Showmanship here's a little overview. Juniors (ages 9 -17) show dogs in Junior Showmanship (against other youth). They are evaluated on how well they show their dog based on the dog's breed. It's broken into 3 age categories. Junior (9-11), Intermediate (12-14) and Senior (15-17); plus within those 3 categories there are 2 classes - novice (meaning starting out and has not yet had 3 wins) and open (meaning has had 3 wins). In addition any junior that secures 10 Best Junior wins (with competition) is to move up to the Masters Class.

More information on Junior Showmanship can be found on the AKC Website.

Here's the link - https://www.akc.org/sports/conformation/junior-showmanship/

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1st Best of the Best Jr

Plum Creek was thrilled to host Colorado's 1st Annual Best of the Best Junior Event, at our 2024 Show!

If was a grand event honoring Colorado's top junior handlers and which provided scholarships for:

- Junior Sportsman

- Junior's Choice

- Best Junior

- Reserve Best Junior

CLICK HERE

to view winners & photos of the event

Junior Membership

Plum Creek Kennel Club WELCOMES Junior Members! Juniors are encouraged to attend meetings (many are Zoom or with a Zoom option). We want young - fun ideas and input! So come on and JOIN US!

Junior Membership is only $1, and if that is a problem, we have club members willing to help with that too.

You will find a Junior Membership Application on the bottom (center) of each page. And you will see a list of meetings on the bottom (right of each page).

Plum Creek Kennel Club Wants You!

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NEW Jr Look & Learn

NEW this year Juniors were invited to submit Breed Boards for competition, display and public education.

20 Juniors signed up we acknowledged a Grand Champion, a Reserve Grand Champion, and 5 Honorable Mentions.

Each junior did an outstanding job representing their breed. We look forward to growing this more & more each year.

CLICK HERE

to view winners & photos of the event

2024 Winner
Miss Kaylee Wagoner

Junior Scholarship

Our PCKC scholarship program is a little different as we invite each Best Junior from our Annual shows, to apply (PDF application with 12 questions), then the board reviews and selects the recipient/s!

2024 - $1,000 Recipient, Kaylee Wagoner

Pic above is Kaylee receiving her certificate

LINK - 2024 Jr Scholarship Media Release

2023 - $1,000 Recipient, Taylor Johnson

2023 - $300 Recipient, Casey Walker

IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIP LINKS BELOW

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PEE WEES - Always Fun!

Everyone loves watching and supporting Pee Wee Juniors and we sure did have a fun bunch of kids participate!

Thank you to the parents for signing up your kids and to some of our area junior handlers for help managing the event.

Additional thank you to Bettina Bienefeld BIS photography for taking photos of each Pee Wee participant.

CLICK HERE

to view photos of the event

Junior More

Plum Creek knows Juniors LOVE nice Ribbons, so you will find our shows offer some of the best!

We also try to have a Junior Table with Junior Swag and Junior Snacks!

When we can we will offer a Junior Clothing Exchange and other things specifically for juniors.

Have an idea of what we should do -

Well then, join the club, speak up and let us know your idea!

We offer Pee Wee Junior Fun too!

INFO: For more info on AKC Junior Showmanship, PCKC Junior Membership, or our PCKC Scholarship Program, please reach out to our PCKC Junior Coordinator, AKC Junior Judge Marlene Groves.

IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIP PDF LINKS:

PCKC 2024 Scholarship Application - PCKC Scholarship Process - PCKC Scholarship Withdrawal Form

DONATE: We take donations for our PCKC Junior Scholarship Program. Any funds donated and marked for our PCKC Junior Scholarship are used only for our Junior Scholarship Program. They may make it possible to either increase the amount of our annual scholarship, and/or make it possible to offer more than one scholarship.

NOTE: Plum Creek Kennel Club is proudly a member of the Colorado Junior Handler's Educational Foundation.